Liu Bei did not care about the ridicule of the generals led by Cheng Pu, but began to recall this Zhou Yulai carefully.

When Zhou Yu himself was in Qingzhou, he had also heard that Cao Cao recruited him into his account, but according to everyone at the time, the reason why Cao Cao wanted to recruit the young man of the Lujiang Zhou clan into his command was to gain a firm foothold in the Huaibei region with the influence of the Lujiang Zhou clan.

As for this young staff, in fact, it is just a gimmick to cooperate with the Zhou family, and everyone knows what is going on - it is Cao Cao who sells Lujiang Zhou's thin noodles.

Liu Bei also thought so at the time, but he vaguely remembered that Liu Jian seemed to have mentioned Zhou Yu to himself, saying that this young man was very talented, and for himself, he would definitely become a tricky existence in the future.

Liu Jian looked at the accuracy of people, and Liu Bei was convinced.

However, if you have to say that a teenager who is less than double ten will become a big problem for his own henchmen...... No matter how Liu Bei thinks about it, he doesn't think it's realistic.

Even if you become your own henchman, it will be a few years later, right?

At least he'll have to wait until he's an adult, what is it now?

But even so, Liu Bei would not underestimate this Zhou Yu too much.

After all, they are all on Liu Jian's list, and Liu Bei still needs to pay attention to it.

He looked at the generals next to him and said, "Everyone, although Zhou Yu is young, he must be the main general that Cao Cao has just promoted, and Cao Cao is not an idle person...... Since he must promote this Zhou Yu, there is a reason for him, and we must not be too careless. ”

Of course, Liu Bei's words were said, but Cheng Pu, Han Dang and other Qingzhou generals did not take Liu Bei's words seriously.

Don't blame them for not taking Liu Bei's words seriously, who else can treat an eighteen-year-old boy as a dish?

Liu Jian was very awesome when he was eighteen years old, but how many Liu Jian are there in the world?

Not to mention Cheng Puhan, even Gao Shun, who has always been known for his stability, shook his head with a wry smile, as if he felt that Cao Cao's move was very ridiculous.

Liu Bei looked around at everyone and said, "What should we do next?" ”

Cheng Pu immediately stood up and said to Liu Bei: "General, according to the opinion of his subordinates, Cao Cao is sick, which is a blow to the Cao army, and now this Confucian concubine has become a general again, there must be many disobedient people in the Cao army, this is a good opportunity, we should take the initiative to send troops to defeat the Cao army a few battles, and let them know that our army is powerful." ”

After Liu Bei heard this, he seemed to hesitate.

"Take the initiative to send troops, this doesn't seem to be in line with the rules we set with Tao Qian, right?"

"Wasn't it to guard Cao Cao from sending troops with Yuan Shu and others to defend here before?"

Cheng Pu said: "The general's words are very true, but at this time and at that time. ”

"Does Cao Cao still have the ability to attack us now? The main general is due to illness, and he is replaced by a yellow-mouthed son as a general, for Cao Jun, it is already a blessing that we don't attack now, how can they still have the ability to attack north? Moreover, if Tao Envoy knew that Zhou Yu had replaced Cao Cao as the chief general of the Southern Army, he would inevitably send Cao Bao and others south. ”

"That Yuan Shu hates Cao Cao deeply, and he will inevitably send troops south, and all the armies will move, if only I can't wait and return to Xuzhou, won't I lose the face of my Qingzhou soldiers? It seems that my Qingzhou soldiers are very afraid of Cao, and Cao Cao is sick, so he doesn't dare to send troops......"

When Liu Bei heard this, he also felt that this was indeed the case.

Cao Cao has already retreated to the rear sickly, and the main general of the other party is still a little-known Zhou Lang, although I heard that Zhou Yu has won a few battles with Cao Ren in Jiangdong, but from the perspective of the people of the world, those achievements should be Cao Ren's, and Zhou Yu is at most an addition.

If you even go into battle with such a vertical force, you won't even dare to fight a battle directly, for fear that the Qingzhou soldiers will make people laugh off their big teeth in the future.

It doesn't matter if he loses Liu Bei's reputation, if Liu Jian's reputation is chopped up, Liu Bei really can't accept it in his heart.

"Then act according to what Demou says."

"Demou, you first lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to the south first, to test the movements of the Cao army, to see what the state of the Cao army is after changing the main general, and then to find out the movements of Yuan Shu and Cao Bao and others."

Cheng Pu immediately received the order, turned his head and strode away.

Liu Bei then instructed Han Dang: "Yigong can lead 3,000 men and horses, and send troops after Demou, in case Demou is negligent, you can also respond in time." ”

Han Dang saw that Liu Bei was so thoughtful, so he naturally would not slack off, and immediately took the order.

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Cao's change of generals did have a great impact.

This influence was twofold, on the one hand, against the Xuzhou garrison, and on the other hand, against themselves.

For Cao Jun's generals, Cao Cao was sick, but he supported Zhou Yu, which made many generals a little unacceptable.

Especially with the hot tempers of Dian Wei and Xu Chu, when they heard that Zhou Yu was in charge of them, they were so angry that they almost didn't lift the table.

However, this situation was also expected by Cao Cao.

Before Cao Cao left, he ordered someone to announce the officers and soldiers of the whole army, naming and explaining that Zhou Yu was the one who commanded the three armies in his place, and had the right to kill anyone, and if anyone dared to disobey Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu would deal with him, and Cao Cao would never blame him.

And Cao Cao also deliberately left Cao Ren to help Zhou Yu.

Cao Ren is also a high-minded and arrogant person, but he still knows Zhou Yu well, after all, they worked together to pacify the counties in Jiangdong.

At that time, Zhou Yu left a deep impression on Cao Ren.

But impression is impression, Cao Ren is a little unconvinced in his heart.

Although he recognized Zhou Yu's talent, in Cao Ren's opinion, Cao Cao should let himself be the main general, and let Zhou Yu assist him as the deputy general.

Now Cao Cao has made Zhou Yu the main general and made himself the deputy general, which makes Cao Ren feel very awkward.

So, on this day, Cao Ren deliberately asked for leave to take sick and did not go to the military meeting.

The reason why Cao Ren took leave and did not come to the military meeting, Zhou Yu knew very well.

So, Zhou Yu personally took Cao Cao's Heavenly Sword and the talisman he left behind to see Cao Ren.

Zhou Yu said to Cao Renyan: "The affairs of Xuzhou today are entrusted to a certain Duke of Ming, but Zhou Yu is young and weak, and he is really unworthy of a big responsibility. ”

"General Cao is the head of the clan generals, won the hearts of the army, and now the sword seal is presented, please lead the three armies, as long as the general can win Liu Bei Tao Qian, revenge for the Tai Gongbao, Zhou Yu's personal honor and disgrace can be ignored, and I implore the general to go out of the mountain."

Zhou Yu's selfless and high-minded attitude made Cao Ren very admirable, and at the same time, he also felt a deep sense of guilt in his heart.

Compared to Zhou Yu, he seems to be a little too cautious.

No wonder he was entrusted with big things by Ming Gong at a young age.

Not to mention anything else, just talking about the mind, it is far beyond the reach of people.

Now that the enemy is in front, Zhou Yu can come to him so high-spirited and invite himself out of the mountain, is he ignoring the overall situation just because of that little unwillingness and grievance?

At that moment, I saw Cao Ren get up from the bed and bow his hand to Zhou Yu: "Ren is short-sighted, regardless of the overall situation, I am very ashamed, Zhou Lang is here today, if Ren shirks, he is really ashamed of the generals under the command of the lord, and he is also worthy of being a member of the Cao clan, I should go to Dazhai with Zhou Lang...... From now on, if Zhou Lang has orders, he should obey them, and there will be no two words. ”

Zhou Yu hurriedly stretched out his hand to ask Cao Ren to get up.

"Zi Xiaogong is the first general under the command of Ming Gong, Zhou Yu has no ability to command the transfer of generals, but he is in a hurry to obey the power, and asks the general to temporarily forbear, after defeating the people in Xuzhou, Zhou Yu should ask for his life, return the military power and the general, and go to the general's mansion to ask for guilt, in order to comfort the general's heart."

Zhou Yu's Cao Ren said this with a red face, and waved his hand again and again: "Then how to do it, how to do it?" Hey, Zhou Lang, don't underestimate me Cao Ren, I am also a hero, how can I be so disregarded about the overall situation? You can rest assured, with Cao here to support you, who dares to say half a word? ”

I have to say that Zhou Yu's methods are very clever.

When he first took power, although Cao Cao was appointed, the generals were afraid that they might not obey him, but at the moment of the great enemy, he did not have time to appease the hearts of the generals one by one, so he could only appease the heads of the generals.

Cao Rennai is the number one general in the Cao clan, as long as Zhou Yu can let Cao Ren assist him with peace of mind, the others will not be able to say anything, even if they are not convinced, but they will naturally have to be convinced, so that their orders can be issued.

Cao Cao also calculated this at that time.

He also understood Cao Ren's character, so he relieved Cao Ren to appoint Zhou Yu as a deputy general.

Cao Cao knew that although Cao Ren was uncomfortable for a while, with Zhou Yu's wisdom and Cao Ren's tolerance, they would definitely reconcile in the end.

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As for Yuan Shu and Cao Bao, after hearing that Cao Cao was sick and Zhou Yu became a general, they were so happy that they almost didn't jump up from the spot.

This Cao Cao was sick and retreated, and let a yellow-mouthed son be the commander of the three armies, didn't he put Cao Jun on a plate and bring it over for his own side?

After Cao Bao learned the news, he immediately wrote a letter and sent someone back to Tancheng, delivered the letter to Tao Qian, and asked Tao Qian to give an order to let their whole army attack, to attack Cao Jun fiercely, defeat Zhou Yu, and recapture Pengcheng and Xiapi.

Tao Qian has been old and spicy all his life, but this time he also looked away.

In Tao Qian's opinion, Zhou Yu is indeed not a worthy opponent, just a child, with Liu Bei, Yuan Shu, and Cao Bao, the three fierce generals, can't he still take him?

So, Tao Qian immediately wrote letters to Yuan Shu and Liu Bei respectively, asking them to turn defense into attack and attack Cao Jun together, and also gave Cao Bao an order, let Cao Bao lead the Danyang Army to attack first, and take Zhou Yu's own position, so that Zhou Yu must know the strength of the Xuzhou army.

He wants to make the Cao army who fought hurt, so that Cao Cao will not dare to easily go north to invade Xuzhou in the future.

After the news was issued, Tao Qian was so happy to sleep that he couldn't close his mouth, only feeling that this was the heavens blessing Xuzhou, so that his life in Xuzhou could be preserved.

Cao Cao, this guy, doesn't get sick in the morning, doesn't get sick in the evening, but he gets sick at this time, he's really sick.

Why don't you die of illness?

Just when the war on the Xuzhou side was in a different position, Liu Jian's fleet finally arrived in the East China Sea in Xuzhou.

And the one who was responsible for greeting them at the temporary port of the East China Sea was none other than Mi Fang among the Mi clans in the East China Sea.

After Mi Fang saw Liu Jian, she was extremely surprised.

Although he got the news in advance and knew that the Hebei side would indeed send reinforcements, he never expected that the person who came to help this time would be Liu Jian.

General Fuyuan came in person, and Mi Fang didn't make too many preparations in advance, so he apologized to Liu Jian again and again.

Liu Jian didn't take it seriously, and he immediately asked Mi Fang about the war.

However, Mi Fang was not an official after all, and he knew very little about the wartime situation in the south, and Liu Jian couldn't ask for any valuable information from him.

And Mi Zhu was accompanying Tao Qian in Tancheng at this time, and he couldn't come to see Liu Jian in person.

Therefore, Liu Jian only knew a little about the war in Xuzhou.

However, in his opinion, there should be no answers.

He asked Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to prepare their troops and horses, take a short rest, and then decided to choose a day to go south to secretly assist Liu Bei.

(End of chapter)